Monthly Archive for August, 2012

With our offices closed tomorrow, we’re sending out these great links a day ahead of time. Enjoy! AT in the news for the week of 8/27/12 – 8/30/12 Attorney With Autism Invents ‘Sensory Shield’ for Metro Rides First Australian bionic eye prototype successfully implanted The race is on in the hi-tech Paralympics Technology aiding disabled […]

The National Autism Association recently made available the Big Red Safety Box. For those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who may be prone to wandering off or eloping from a safe environment, and may be unable to recognize danger and/or stay safe, this box provides guidance on how to prevent a wandering incident and […]

Accesskey The accesskey attribute allows page authors to define a shortcut key for interactive page elements (e.g., <a href=”search.htm” accesskey=”s”>Search</a> defines “s” as the accesskey for the search page). Browsers provide varying keyboard shortcut combinations to activate this accesskey. Because of the wide variety of browser and assistive technology shortcut keys, and because there is […]

The Constantly Changing Landscape of Accessibility Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP For many years, most accessibility issues had to deal with whether one particular application or another would work properly with screen access software. Every few years there would be the concern of how well things would work with a new operating […]

AT in the news for 8/20 – 8/24 Blind student presents 3-D tactile images to national microscopy conference Free Online Game for the Visually Impaired New device bringing mobility to paralyzed stroke patients How To Use A Lawn Mower With One Hand – tips Captioning Technology Levels the Field for Deaf Students Following Tragedy, Special […]

BridgingApps has created a funding source directory or iPads and mobile devices. Because the organization has received many questions from the BridgingApps community about how to get a device funded, they compiled a list of organizations that grant iPads and similar devices to families who have children with special needs. Please use this list as […]